The "Glee" series finale delivered glorious news that William McKinley High School is being turned into an arts school and that Will Schuester, who started its glee club way back in 2009, will become its principal.
Oh, and that wondrous show choir, New...

Six years after the Fox musical comedy-drama “Glee” premiered, the show takes its final bow Friday night.
Last week, the cast gathered before a packed house at the PaleyFest, ahead of the series finale. From that talk, here are 16 bits of...

It was obvious from the start that Fox knew they had something special with "Glee."
The series about a ragtag group of high school students who come together to make beautiful music didn't officially launch until Sept. 9, 2009. But Fox aired the first...

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Taylor Swift may be the biggest music star in the world at the moment, but she will be working Thanksgiving (in two programs), and this year’s holiday will offer more new programming than usual.
Swift will be featured on “The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS” from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. Kevin Frazier and Thea Andrews host the telecast, which will deliver portions of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The broadcast offers performances by the Broadway casts of “...

The kitsch factor was high, but "Hair" proved to be a congenial choice for the Hollywood Bowl, where this counterculture classic from the late 1960s breezed in for three performances this past weekend on a cloud of marijuana smoke.
Now, the friendly theatergoers offering to share their stash with this abstemious critic were no doubt carrying a medical prescription — one difference between today and 1967, when this hippie musical by Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermot had its off-Broadway...

Placing 1968's "Hair" in the cavernous Hollywood Bowl poses a trap. A flamboyant celebration of Aquarius, even at this 50-year remove, couldn't be easier, but emotionality is diminished when the flower children aren't climbing into your lap. Still, an energetic troupe led by Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars," "Frozen") does well by Galt Macdermot's muscular melodies, and the three-night engagement showcases some fine young talent on the verge of breakout, and I don't mean complexion.
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Independent Shakespeare Co. is livin' la dolce vita with its new staging of "The Taming of the Shrew" in Griffith Park. Plus, Neil Simon's “Broadway Bound” is bound for the Odyssey Theare in a new revival directed by Jason Alexander, and an all-star production of "Hair" takes over the Hollywood Bowl.
HYPERBOLE: bard Rogue Artists Ensemble celebrates all things Shakespeare in this family-friendly show; tickets at www.newswanshakespeare.com. UC Irvine, Gateway Commons, next to Aldrich Park,...

Kristen Bell, the former star of the cult-hit TV series "Veronica Mars," will transport herself back to the summer of love in the Hollywood Bowl's production of the rock musical "Hair" that is scheduled to run from Aug. 1 to 3.
The cast of the musical also will include two other young TV stars -- Hunter Parrish, formerly of "Weeds," and Amber Riley of "Glee."
Bell, who recently voiced the role of Anna in Disney's "Frozen," will take the role of Sheila. Parrish will play Claude and Riley will play...